Lunsford’s Chocolate Sheet Cake
chocolate sheet cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 4 Tablespoons rich cocoa powder
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup (two sticks) butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup (one stick) butter or margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 box confectioner's sugar
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 Tablespoons milk
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375 f.
- 2
Prepare a jellyroll pan or shallow sheet cake pan by greasing and dusting with flour, shaking out excess.
- 3
In a rather large mixing bowl, stir together the 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, and 4 Tablespoons rich cocoa powder.
- 4
In a sauce pan, bring to a boil the 1 cup water and the 1 cup (two sticks) butter or margarine.
- 5
Carefully pour this boiling mixture into above dry mix and stir well until blended.
- 6
Cool just a bit so as not to 'cook' the eggs in the next step.
- 7
Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Mix well.
- 8
Pour into prepared pan, smoothing to make the batter even.
- 9
Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
- 10
Melt 1/2 cup (one stick) butter or margarine in saucepan; stir in vanilla.
- 11
In another bowl, mix 1 box confectioner's sugar, cocoa, milk, and the chopped nuts.
- 12
Pour in the melted butter mix and stir.
- 13
Spread on top of cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.